Safety-razor



Patented Nov. 11, 1919;

INVENTOR.

WITNESSES:

' 1 TTORNEYS.

Chicago, inthe county of Cook and JAMES G. PITTON, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SAFETY-RAZOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedNov. 11, 1919.

Application filed October 28, 1918. Serial No, 259,957.-

To all whom it may concern: 7 I

Be it known that I, JAMEs G. Prr'ron, a citizen of the United States, residin at tate of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety-Razors, of

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates in general to safety razors and has for its primary object, the provision of a safety razor, which, when not in use, can be assembled into the form ofan elongated cylindrical container similar in size and shape to an ordinary fountain pen and adapted to contain the necessary shaving accessories, such as extra blades, a stropping blade-holder, shaving cream and a styxtic point.

nother object of the invention is to provide a safety razorwhich can be easily and quickly changed from its cylindrical form to the form which it assumes when ready for use; which will hold the bladefirmly and at the proper angle for shaving purposes and which will be simple in construction, cheap to manufacture and exceedingly compact in its assembled form so that it can be conveniently carried in ones pocket without the necessity of a box or other package, which is customarily employed to carry a razor and its accessories.

For the purpose of facilitating an understanding of my invention, I have illustrated one preferred form thereof, on the accompanying drawings, from an inspection of which, when considered in connection with the following description, my invention and many of its attendant advantages should be readily understood and appreciated. Referring to the drawings,

Figure 1 is a longitudinal view, partially in section, showing my improved razor assembled for carrying'in a pocket or the like.

Figs. 2 and 3 are transverse sectional views on the lines 22 and 33 respec tively of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view, partially in section, of my razor when assembled for shaving, v I

Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the line 5-5 of Fig. l; and

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the stropping blade-holder with a blade therein."

From an inspection of the drawin' s and partlcularly Fig. 1 thereof, it wni- "e observed that the razor comprises primarily an elongated cylindrical body'quite similar In appearance, when viewed externally, to an ordinary fountain pen. The body consists of a plurality of sections, in the present instance three, namely: a cap-section 7, a handle section 8, and a blade section 9. These sections may be made of any preferred material such as hard rubber, metal, or other suitable material; and section 8 has a reduced threaded end 11, on to which the correspondingly threaded nd of section 9 is adapted to be screwed, and section 8, at 1ts opposite end, is reduced and threaded as indicated bycharacter 12 to accommodate the correspondingly threaded open end of the cap section when assembled, as shown-in Fig. 1, providing a continuous cylindrical body or container.

This sectional container is adapted to receive and carry the various shaving accessories which are ordinarily required, for instance, a small size tube of shaving cream 13 may be disposed in the section 9; stropping blade-holder 14 may be carried in the section 8; and extra blades 15 and a styptici pencil 16 may be carried in the .section'7, which may be provided with a pencil holder 17 and apartition, 18, which prevents the blades from shakingaround. The outer end of the section 9 is closed, and preferably this closure is effected by a removable cap .19 which will not interfere with the diawhich the rear edge of the blade abuts. The angle of the slot 21 and the position of the abutment 23 are such that the projecting cutting edge of the blade projects at the [proper angle with respect to the periphery of the section 9 to facilitate its cutting ac- .tion during shaving. This position of the blade is clearly shown in Fig.- 4, from which it will be seen that the blade does not pro..

'ject radially but assumes the position of ""a chord of an arc-of theholding section;

- After the section '9 has been detached "by unscrewing-and the shaving cream tube has been. removed, the blade isinsertd as 'ust jexp lained, into position in the blade-hol ing section. whereupon the handle section 8 whichha's been disconnected from the cap section 7 is attached to the blade-holding section. The means for connecting the handle section and the blade-holding section together comprises cooperating devices carried'by the respective sections. Section 9, .as will be apparent from-Figs. 4 and 5, is provided with a transversely extended opening, the upper porton consisting of. an

inwardly projecting boss 24, being threaded internally as indicated in 25, while the lower portion, consisting of a boss 27, is plain to dpermit the insertion therethrough of a stu or pin 26, projecting longitudinally from one end of section 8. This sectionis providedwith a round, liatshoulder at the base of the pin and the outer end of theboss 26 is correspondingly flattened as indicated at 31, to provide a steady bearing surface between the sections 8 and 9. The

I i outer end of the pin .26- isthreaded, as indicated at 32,-to screw into the boss 24,. and when. itis screwed tightly into this boss the sides of the slots 21 will be drawn toward each other to firmly clamp the blade between them, as shown in Fig. 4." The blades are i each provided, intermediate their ends, with steady the blade in its clampedshaving pos1tion.. When the parts have been assemb ed by insertion of the pin 26"into the ,section -9 and'the blade has been firmly clamped in shaving position bythreadingithis pin into the threaded boss 24, the razor is ready for use in the customary mannerof all safety razors in whieh'th'e blade is disposed at right an les to the handle.

f I n case it is desired to strop a blade, the

blade is inserted. longitudinally into the v stropping blade-holder 14, the side walls of ,which are made of spring metal, so as to firmly clamp the blade near its cuttingedge,

the rear edge of the bladebeing locatedin following claims.

agroove 34 formed in the back. of the holder.

Thehandle 8 may'then be attached to the fest that I have provided a razor which normally, when not in use, takes up very little room and carries all the necessary accessories withinitself and that it can be quickly taken apart and reassembled for use when desired: While I have shown and described one preferred-embodiment of my invention, it should be manifest-that various changes in the size, shape and proportion of the parts may be resorted to without .dgparting from the spirit of the invention, as efined in the I claim:

1. A safety .raz'or comprising a plurality of tubular sections adapted to be united to form a cylindrical container for a plurality 'of shaving accessories, one of said sections being provided with a blade receiving slot, and cooperating means located intermediate the ends of said section. and at one end of another of said sections respectively for connecting said sections together atright angles to each other and extending through said blade to lock the blade in shaving position.

2. A safety razor comprisin a plurality of tubular sections adapted 30%)6 connected in longitudinal alinement to form a cylin' drical container for a plurality ofshaving accessories, one of said sections belngpro- 'vided with a longitudinally dis osed blade receiving slot and a transverse y disposed opening, and another of said sections being provided with a longitudinal extension adapted to extend through said blade and engage in said opening to clamp the blade in said slot and secure said sections together.

3; A safety razor comprising a sectional tubular body adapted to provide a container for shaving accessories, means whereby one of said sections may be attached to another of said sections in transverse relation thereto, and a' blade adapted to be disposed in said transversely positioned section with its cutting edge projecting beyond the periphery of said section, said section serving as a guard for the cutting edge of said blade and the means for securing the said sections together being adapted to lock said blade in 7 holding'section is secured to the handle sec contain shaving accessories, "one of said section and the blade is clamped in shaving tions being adapted to hold a .blade in 10 position, said sections being adapted to be shaving position and serving as a safety united in longitudinal alinement to form a guard for the cutting edge thereof, and cylindrical container for shaving accessories. means for attaching said section to the end 5. A safety razor comprising an elongated of another of said sections and simultanecylindrical body consisting of three longiously locking said blade in position. tudinally united sections each adapted to JAMES G. PITTON 

